Monkworks
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Supplement to my ATP review after 100 hours…
I wanted to add this in about the stock coil that comes with the atp. This may provide some more insight or help your decision to purchase the atpro.
Disclaimer: I have two years metal detecting experience and less than 200 hours on the atp International. I am not asking you to buy the atp or even telling you not to buy the atp, that is completely up to you. I am also not a sales person trying to sell any other detector.
Now to my points about the stock DD coil that comes with the atp package.
I personally feel the DD coil included with the atp package would not be the correct configuration for most hunting locations in my area. I live on the outskirts of a big city that has a history of over 100 years. There is some possibility of hunting farm fields but that’s not where I find myself hunting. I (we) tend to hunt in local parks and the age of these parks…
Why is the age of the park relevant in this review of the DD coil? Older parks mean a lot more trash to content with. The older the park the more congested and tightly packed the trash layer will be. Especially if the park is a hub of human activity. These parks are usually the most challenging and demanding for the Detectorist in terms of understanding the signals the atp will provide. Also the most rewarding in terms of coinage and rings that have dropped over time there… In fact tightly packed trash layers exceeding 100 years old can be almost impossible to work…An example would be bottle-caps that are stacked on top of each other and mixed in with coinage and other bits of iron, copper and lead… just a frustrating and confusing mess of signals that will challenge even the most learned and experienced Detectoist. The DD coil is the wrong tool and you will be lucky to find anything of interest in a short period of time… sure, working with the DD coil and a large time investment will eventually find you some silver, but you will need to work hard and get ready to find endless trash…
If you’re going to get the atp, and going to work parks… I recommend you get the sniper coil. This is the correct tool for extremely trashy parks… The DD coil is just too big to get in-between the junk to identify those sweet singles. If you’re only going to be working farm fields and large open areas that are not trashy you should be fine with the DD coil…
Here is where my comments might get some flames from the fan-boys of the atp…
Why oh why can’t I select the coil I want in the package? Why am I forced to get DD coil? Well you know why… because they want more money… I find this insulting because if you read my review of the atp, I feel it’s a little too pricey for is position or class in the range of detectors out there and to make me also have to buy another coil seem to be in the design of the packages offered…It’s almost like they know you will need that small coil…
Just my 2 cents…
I wanted to add this in about the stock coil that comes with the atp. This may provide some more insight or help your decision to purchase the atpro.
Disclaimer: I have two years metal detecting experience and less than 200 hours on the atp International. I am not asking you to buy the atp or even telling you not to buy the atp, that is completely up to you. I am also not a sales person trying to sell any other detector.
Now to my points about the stock DD coil that comes with the atp package.
I personally feel the DD coil included with the atp package would not be the correct configuration for most hunting locations in my area. I live on the outskirts of a big city that has a history of over 100 years. There is some possibility of hunting farm fields but that’s not where I find myself hunting. I (we) tend to hunt in local parks and the age of these parks…
Why is the age of the park relevant in this review of the DD coil? Older parks mean a lot more trash to content with. The older the park the more congested and tightly packed the trash layer will be. Especially if the park is a hub of human activity. These parks are usually the most challenging and demanding for the Detectorist in terms of understanding the signals the atp will provide. Also the most rewarding in terms of coinage and rings that have dropped over time there… In fact tightly packed trash layers exceeding 100 years old can be almost impossible to work…An example would be bottle-caps that are stacked on top of each other and mixed in with coinage and other bits of iron, copper and lead… just a frustrating and confusing mess of signals that will challenge even the most learned and experienced Detectoist. The DD coil is the wrong tool and you will be lucky to find anything of interest in a short period of time… sure, working with the DD coil and a large time investment will eventually find you some silver, but you will need to work hard and get ready to find endless trash…
If you’re going to get the atp, and going to work parks… I recommend you get the sniper coil. This is the correct tool for extremely trashy parks… The DD coil is just too big to get in-between the junk to identify those sweet singles. If you’re only going to be working farm fields and large open areas that are not trashy you should be fine with the DD coil…
Here is where my comments might get some flames from the fan-boys of the atp…
Why oh why can’t I select the coil I want in the package? Why am I forced to get DD coil? Well you know why… because they want more money… I find this insulting because if you read my review of the atp, I feel it’s a little too pricey for is position or class in the range of detectors out there and to make me also have to buy another coil seem to be in the design of the packages offered…It’s almost like they know you will need that small coil…
Just my 2 cents…